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Seminar in Schelling's "System of Transcendental Idealism"

Fall 2007
Faculty:  Dr. Eckart F
örster
Librarians: 

Don Juedes : Philosophy
Sue Waterman German

This guide lists Web sites, reference tools, primary source collections, and research strategies that will be of use to students in the Seminar in Schelling's System of Transcendental Idealism (150.408).  Students are welcome to schedule an appointment with the Librarians above for additional assistance with research for this class or for assistance with any of the resources referenced on this guide.



Find Background Information on Schelling and Idealism
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy  Also available in print in General Reference B 51 .R68 1998
Article on Schelling in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Oxford Companion to Philosophy  Also available in print in General Reference B 51 .O941. Search on Schelling or Idealism
A Companion to continental philosophy. General Reference B 803 .C66 1998
Wikipedia article on Schelling
Wikipedia article on Transcendental Idealism

Reserve Readings for the Course

Find Books about Schelling and Idealism

JHU Libraries Catalog

To search for books on Schelling or his philosophy, use the Alphabetical Search option and set the search box to Subjects -- Library of Congress.  Try any or all of the following Subject Headings:


Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von (scan all the subject headings associated with Schelling)
Idealism (again, scan all the many subheadings)
Idealism, German
Knowledge, Theory of
Kant, Immanuel
Philosophy, German (subheadings for the 18th and 19th centuries especially useful)

Be sure to explore the other Subject Headings that show up on the screen around these searches.

You can use any of the above words, and any other words or names that describe your project, in a Keyword Search as well. For best results, do a Subject Keyword search, or a Title Keyword search.

This link opens a new window - Info About WorldCat WorldCat  (All JHU (incl. International))

Expand your search beyond JHU and search the database of WorldCat. Includes books and other materials in all US research libraries. WorldCat uses the same Subjects as the JHU catalog.


Find Articles in Journals
This link opens a new window - Info About Philosopher's Index Philosopher's Index  (All US JHU)
This link opens a new window - Info About Historical Abstracts  (old version) Historical Abstracts (old version)  (All JHU (incl. International))
This link opens a new window - Info About MLA International Bibliography MLA International Bibliography  (All JHU (incl. International))
This link opens a new window - Info About Project  MUSE Project MUSE  (All JHU (incl. International))
This link opens a new window - Info About JSTOR JSTOR  (All US JHU)

Notes about finding journal articles:

  • Some articles are available in electronic full-text and some are not.
  • Most databases have a link to our resources. Look for this icon Find It
  • This will link to the full-text if it's available, or the libraries' catalog to search for the hard copy.
  • Interlibrary Services can obtain articles from journals JHU does not have.
  • You can always ask for help finding a journal article at the Information Desk on M-level.

Selected Research Tools
System of Transcendental Philosophy: an etext (in English)
G. W. F. Hegel: Lectures on the History of Philosophy: on Schelling
  A major corpus of e-texts in Philosophy
  Fully searchable texts from the 18th century
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling:  good links to more Web material at the bottom of the page.
Research Guide : German Literature
Research Guide : Philosophy

Writing a Research Paper
  • As you go about the research process, use the bibliographic management tool RefWorks. It helps you organize your research, create a bibliography, and insert footnotes as you write. You can download records directly from the libraries' catalog and from article databases.
  • There is help on campus for writing a paper. Contact the Writing Center.
  
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